MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C02
MotherboardMSI B450 Tomahawk  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190924
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 24 '20 at 01:58
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 72.1
1-Core 141
2-Core 274
87% 162 Pts
4-Core 495
8-Core 788
79% 642 Pts
64-Core 996
62% 996 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 124
Parallax 128
105% 127 fps
MRender 162
Gravity 116
Splatting 97.8
99% 125 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 102%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,440
Write 2,322
Mixed 1,727
482% 2,163 MB/s
4K Read 60.2
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 83.7
279% 98.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,233
DQ Write 1,054
DQ Mixed 1,142
856% 1,143 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 207 211 214 214 208 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 177
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 209
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.1
230% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 108%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.3% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 28
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 25.8
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 96.5
41% 96.5 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02) Builds (Compare 7,318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $695
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